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| - I tend to avoid writing reviews for places like Panera Bread. I mean I always figured there wouldn't be many who would benefit from a review unless I had some key intel that made it completely unsuitable. This afternoon at this location, a man approached me while I was awaiting my takeout order and asked "what's their specialty here?" After I stammered something about "Bread, soups, sandwiches and salads" it dawned on me: perhaps there is a small fragment of the population who COULD benefit from my review! Here goes:
I'm all about the "hidden menu". I use quotes because the hidden menu is about as hidden as escort services here in Las Vegas. There is literally a spot on the main menu behind the cashiers that has the Chicken Hummus bowl with a blurb "from the hidden menu!", and the website has a link that says "Hidden Menu" on it. I'm not sure the word hidden means what panera thinks it means. So on the hidden menu tend to be low carb, low calorie options. They're all delicious! So much so that I find myself ordering from them at least twice a week.
My favorite is the Turkey Mediterranean Salad. You get your salad pre-requisites of lettuce, tomato and onion, and then some baby spinach, nice olives, peppers, and the star of the show: delicious "antibiotic free" turkey. You also get a side of bread, an apple, or chips. I go with the apple when I'm wanting to be healthy. The best part of the salad is its only 300 calories! Lohan and Richie circa-Skeletwin days would approve.
The Chicken Mediterranean salad is also fantastic, though I have no idea what is "mediterranean" about it. It has lettuce, spinach, chicken, eggs, and bacon. Haven't exactly seen anything like that at Stephanos. Anyway as far as taste this one is probably my favorite, but it comes in at a whopping 400 calories so I save it for special occasions, like Thursdays.
The steak lettuce wraps off the same menu are really tasty and a crazy low 210 calories. It's basically just some lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and steak with some great pesto sauce. It's hard to believe how much flavor you get for only 210 calories. I do find myself feeling more hungry hours after I eat this one as compared to the others so I don't order it too often.
For me, you can't really go wrong at Panera from a flavor level. I've also done several of their sandwiches and soups and have generally been pleased each time. It's not exactly groundbreaking, but simply good and consistent food.
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